Updated with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month.
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
- 3/18/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Kathleen Finch broke a lot of science producers’ hearts in Austin, Texas last week when she said that Science Channel was “not very high on our priority list”.
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Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group Finch told Deadline at the Realscreen event that it was largely pulling out of original content for the niche cable network.
“I will be honest, we are not investing a lot of money in Science Channel,” she said. “We have a...
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Chairman and Chief Content Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery’s U.S. Networks Group Finch told Deadline at the Realscreen event that it was largely pulling out of original content for the niche cable network.
“I will be honest, we are not investing a lot of money in Science Channel,” she said. “We have a...
- 2/2/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO released a trailer for the upcoming two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century,” which premieres on May 10.
Written and directed by Alex Gibney, the film exposes the billions of dollars gained and thousands of lives lost due to the opioid crisis. It reveals the secrets behind Big Pharma, political operatives and government regulations that enabled over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
Gibney served as a producer alongside Sarah Dowland and Svetlana Zill. Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Todd Hoffman, and Aaron Fishman, senior Tina Nguyen, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller served as executive producers.
Also in today’s TV news roundup…
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “The Upshaws,” which premieres on May 12. Created by Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes, the series follows the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis struggling to step up and take care of his family without a blueprint for success.
Written and directed by Alex Gibney, the film exposes the billions of dollars gained and thousands of lives lost due to the opioid crisis. It reveals the secrets behind Big Pharma, political operatives and government regulations that enabled over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
Gibney served as a producer alongside Sarah Dowland and Svetlana Zill. Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Todd Hoffman, and Aaron Fishman, senior Tina Nguyen, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller served as executive producers.
Also in today’s TV news roundup…
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “The Upshaws,” which premieres on May 12. Created by Regina Hicks and Wanda Sykes, the series follows the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis struggling to step up and take care of his family without a blueprint for success.
- 4/20/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix revealed the release date and teaser for “Last Chance U: Basketball,” and Disney Channel announced the voice cast for “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil’s Dinosaur.”
Dates
Netflix revealed that “Last Chance U: Basketball,” a spinoff of Greg Whiteley’s football-centric docuseries, will premiere globally on March 10. Over the course of eight episodes, the show will follow the East Los Angeles College Huskies (Elac) in their high stakes chase to an unprecedented California state basketball championship. Led by head coach John Mosley, the Elac team consists of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to showcase their college potential, but the players are tested as they battle adversity, inner demons and emotions on and off the court. In addition to Whiteley, Joe Labracio, Lucas Smith and James D. Stern serve as executive producers on “Last Chance U: Basketball.” Co-executive producers on the project include Andrew Fried,...
Dates
Netflix revealed that “Last Chance U: Basketball,” a spinoff of Greg Whiteley’s football-centric docuseries, will premiere globally on March 10. Over the course of eight episodes, the show will follow the East Los Angeles College Huskies (Elac) in their high stakes chase to an unprecedented California state basketball championship. Led by head coach John Mosley, the Elac team consists of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to showcase their college potential, but the players are tested as they battle adversity, inner demons and emotions on and off the court. In addition to Whiteley, Joe Labracio, Lucas Smith and James D. Stern serve as executive producers on “Last Chance U: Basketball.” Co-executive producers on the project include Andrew Fried,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
HBO is reuniting with Emmy and Oscar winning filmmaker Alex Gibney for the two-part documentary The Crime of the Century, which will explore Big Pharma and government regulations over the reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates. The Crime of the Century will debut on HBO and be available to stream on HBO Max in May.
The doc will explore the origins and fallout of the opioid epidemic which has resulted in half a million deaths from overdoses in this century alone.
With the help of whistleblowers, insiders, newly-leaked documents, exclusive interviews and access to behind-the-scenes investigations, and featuring expert input from medical professionals, journalists, former and current government agents, attorneys and pharmaceutical sales representatives, as well as sobering testimony from victims of opioid addiction, Gibney’s exposé will posit that drug companies are in fact largely responsible for manufacturing the very crisis they profit from, to the tune of...
The doc will explore the origins and fallout of the opioid epidemic which has resulted in half a million deaths from overdoses in this century alone.
With the help of whistleblowers, insiders, newly-leaked documents, exclusive interviews and access to behind-the-scenes investigations, and featuring expert input from medical professionals, journalists, former and current government agents, attorneys and pharmaceutical sales representatives, as well as sobering testimony from victims of opioid addiction, Gibney’s exposé will posit that drug companies are in fact largely responsible for manufacturing the very crisis they profit from, to the tune of...
- 2/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A two-part documentary about America’s opioid epidemic directed by Alex Gibney is coming to HBO, the premium cable channel revealed Wednesday during its day at the virtual Television Critics Association press tour.
Gibney, the filmmaker behind HBO’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” and “Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief,” has directed his new doc, “The Crime of the Century,” to examine the role of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable overproduction, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
The two-part series will explore the origins, extent and fallout of one of a public health tragedy that has claimed half a million overdose deaths since 2000. The film will include testimony from whistleblowers, insiders, newly leaked documents, exclusive interviews and access to behind-the-scenes investigations, and featuring expert input from medical professionals, journalists, former and current government agents, attorneys and pharmaceutical sales representatives,...
Gibney, the filmmaker behind HBO’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” and “Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief,” has directed his new doc, “The Crime of the Century,” to examine the role of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable overproduction, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.
The two-part series will explore the origins, extent and fallout of one of a public health tragedy that has claimed half a million overdose deaths since 2000. The film will include testimony from whistleblowers, insiders, newly leaked documents, exclusive interviews and access to behind-the-scenes investigations, and featuring expert input from medical professionals, journalists, former and current government agents, attorneys and pharmaceutical sales representatives,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Updated, 1:57 Pm: Saturday’s planned SpaceX/NASA mission launch has been scrubbed and rescheduled for a day later due to a bad weather forecast. Discovery and Science Channel now will begin their live coverage at 2 p.m. Pt on Sunday.
Exclusive, November 11: SpaceX and NASA are reteaming to make some more history together this weekend. Elon Musk’s SoCal-based company and the U.S. space agency will send four astronauts to the International Space Station via the Falcon 9 rocket as part of the first official Iss crew-rotation mission from America in nearly a decade. Discovery and Science Channel will carry the launch live beginning at 3 p.m. Pt on Saturday, November 14.
Watch a promo for Space Launch Live: Crew-1 Liftoff above.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will launch U.S. astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Soichi Noguchi from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,...
Exclusive, November 11: SpaceX and NASA are reteaming to make some more history together this weekend. Elon Musk’s SoCal-based company and the U.S. space agency will send four astronauts to the International Space Station via the Falcon 9 rocket as part of the first official Iss crew-rotation mission from America in nearly a decade. Discovery and Science Channel will carry the launch live beginning at 3 p.m. Pt on Saturday, November 14.
Watch a promo for Space Launch Live: Crew-1 Liftoff above.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will launch U.S. astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Soichi Noguchi from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,...
- 11/13/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Discovery and Science Channel’s simulcasted coverage Sunday of the return of the Space X Crew Dragon spacecraft from its two-month stint at the International Space Station was watched by 4.3 million viewers on the cable networks, Discovery said.
The strong numbers completed the networks’ own mission, after their two-hour live coverage of the historic launch on May 30 drew a combined 7.2 million viewers. Both the launch and landing repped the No. 1 telecasts for the day across key demos. Sunday’s coverage drew 3.4M viwers on Discovery and 1.0 million on Science, with the total cracking the top 10 for the day in all of TV in that metric.
Discovery said its networks’ coverage of the SpaceX capsule splashing down – just south of Pensacola on Florida’s Gulf coast, at 2:48 p.m. Et — also fueled 5.6 million social video views on Discovery and 5.5M on Science, ranking them No. 1 and No. 2 on the day.
The strong numbers completed the networks’ own mission, after their two-hour live coverage of the historic launch on May 30 drew a combined 7.2 million viewers. Both the launch and landing repped the No. 1 telecasts for the day across key demos. Sunday’s coverage drew 3.4M viwers on Discovery and 1.0 million on Science, with the total cracking the top 10 for the day in all of TV in that metric.
Discovery said its networks’ coverage of the SpaceX capsule splashing down – just south of Pensacola on Florida’s Gulf coast, at 2:48 p.m. Et — also fueled 5.6 million social video views on Discovery and 5.5M on Science, ranking them No. 1 and No. 2 on the day.
- 8/4/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: What goes up must come down. Discovery and Science Channel will follow Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley as they become the first astronauts to land at sea since the Ford administration. Space Launch Live: Splashdown begins at 1 p.m. Et/10 Pt this Sunday, August 2.
The arrival comes two months after the duo began the first U.S. crewed mission to orbit on a privately built spacecraft. They left Earth on May 30 en route to the International Space Station in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, propelled by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The two-month mission was in partnership with NASA.
Discovery and Science teamed to air the historic launch of NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission in May. Narrated by Walton Goggins, that two-hour live special drew record ratings for both cable outlets.
“This is the type of coverage that viewers can only find on Discovery and Science Channel,” said Scott Lewers,...
The arrival comes two months after the duo began the first U.S. crewed mission to orbit on a privately built spacecraft. They left Earth on May 30 en route to the International Space Station in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, propelled by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The two-month mission was in partnership with NASA.
Discovery and Science teamed to air the historic launch of NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX mission in May. Narrated by Walton Goggins, that two-hour live special drew record ratings for both cable outlets.
“This is the type of coverage that viewers can only find on Discovery and Science Channel,” said Scott Lewers,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Walton Goggins, you are go for narration. The Unicorn star is lending his voice to Nasa & SpaceX: Journey to the Future, the two-hour documentary set to air next week on both Discovery and Science Channel.
The Justified Emmy nominee will narrate the project that documents Wednesday’s Nasa launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule, known as Demo-2.
“Walton Goggins is the voice of the new era of space,” executive producer Aaron Fishman said.
A film crew was granted unprecedented access to Nasa and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Nasa Administrator Jim Bridentstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
The documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes action with the teams of SpaceX engineers, Nasa employees and scientists as they fulfill the SpaceX mission to “fly,...
The Justified Emmy nominee will narrate the project that documents Wednesday’s Nasa launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule, known as Demo-2.
“Walton Goggins is the voice of the new era of space,” executive producer Aaron Fishman said.
A film crew was granted unprecedented access to Nasa and to SpaceX headquarters, giving viewers a rare glimpse inside Launch Control and firsthand accounts from SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk, Nasa Administrator Jim Bridentstine and the astronauts flying the mission: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
The documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes action with the teams of SpaceX engineers, Nasa employees and scientists as they fulfill the SpaceX mission to “fly,...
- 5/22/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: America will usher in a new era of space flight next week, and Discovery and Science Channel are offering a front-row seat. The sibling nets will share live coverage of the May 27 launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Capsule that will send astronauts into space from the U.S. for the first time since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space starts at 11 a.m. Pt/2 p.m. Et from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Fl. Among the guests lined up for the program are singing star Katy Perry, Mythbusters host Adam Savage and Nasa engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober. A quartet of current and former astronauts and Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine will offer expert insight for the program, which also will feature an interview with astronaut Chris Cassidy from the International Space Station — where the SpaceX mission is headed.
Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space starts at 11 a.m. Pt/2 p.m. Et from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Fl. Among the guests lined up for the program are singing star Katy Perry, Mythbusters host Adam Savage and Nasa engineer-turned-YouTuber Mark Rober. A quartet of current and former astronauts and Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine will offer expert insight for the program, which also will feature an interview with astronaut Chris Cassidy from the International Space Station — where the SpaceX mission is headed.
- 5/20/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Rbg director Julie Cohen, eOne’s Chief Strategy Officer Peter Micelli, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon and HBO’s former entertainment chief Sue Naegle, who is now Annapurna Pictures’ Head of TV, are among the latest tranche of A-list names speaking at Keshet’s Intv conference.
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
The foursome will be joined by Channel 4’s Drama Commissioning Editor, Lee Mason, Lauren Anderson, Chief Content Officer Lauren Anderson of NBC/Snapchat joint venture Indigo Development and Entertainment Arts, who previously oversaw scripted hits including Parks and Recreation and The Office, lawyer Victoria S. Cook, partner at Frankfurt Kurnit and a member of the Entertainment Group, Gil Goldschein, Chairman and CEO of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The Real World producer Bunim/Murray Productions, ITV Entertainment’s Commissioner Joe Mace, and Storied Media Group...
The event, which is hosted and curated by Keshet Media Group and co-produced by Deadline, takes place March 11-12 in Jerusalem.
The foursome will be joined by Channel 4’s Drama Commissioning Editor, Lee Mason, Lauren Anderson, Chief Content Officer Lauren Anderson of NBC/Snapchat joint venture Indigo Development and Entertainment Arts, who previously oversaw scripted hits including Parks and Recreation and The Office, lawyer Victoria S. Cook, partner at Frankfurt Kurnit and a member of the Entertainment Group, Gil Goldschein, Chairman and CEO of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The Real World producer Bunim/Murray Productions, ITV Entertainment’s Commissioner Joe Mace, and Storied Media Group...
- 1/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Nrp’s popular radio show/podcast, “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me,” is coming to television.
NBCUniversal’s unscripted studio, Wilshire Studios, is developing a TV adaptation of the Peter Sagal-hosted series with Storied Media.
The weekly show is a funny and fast-paced game of provocative questions and snappy answers about current events, with celebrity guests — most recently, Candace Bergen was a guest. The TV adaptation is an hour-long current events trivia game featuring three celebrity panelists who will compete in a series of comedic challenges, earning points as they correctly answer questions about the week’s news. The panelist who earns the most points will earn a cash prize for the charity of his or her choice.
No host has been picked yet for the TV version.
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“We are...
NBCUniversal’s unscripted studio, Wilshire Studios, is developing a TV adaptation of the Peter Sagal-hosted series with Storied Media.
The weekly show is a funny and fast-paced game of provocative questions and snappy answers about current events, with celebrity guests — most recently, Candace Bergen was a guest. The TV adaptation is an hour-long current events trivia game featuring three celebrity panelists who will compete in a series of comedic challenges, earning points as they correctly answer questions about the week’s news. The panelist who earns the most points will earn a cash prize for the charity of his or her choice.
No host has been picked yet for the TV version.
Also Read: NBCUniversal Taps 'Steve Harvey' Vet Alex Duda to Run Kelly Clarkson's Upcoming Daytime Show
“We are...
- 12/11/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Following its June sale to Britain’s ITV, Thinkfactory Media has reshuffled its exec ranks. Founder and CEO Leslie Greif has promoted 12-year company veteran Joanne Rubino to Svp of production, continuing to oversee all Thinkfactory production and additionally handling biz dev duties and all corporate finance oversight. Adam Freeman, who started with Thinkfactory in 2006 as showrunner on Gene Simmons Family Jewels and worked on productions including Sinbad: It’s Just Family, Dogg After Dark, Marriage Bootcamp: Bridezillas, Kissteria, Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning and The Great Santini Brothers, is now creative director overseeing unscripted development and productions. He’ll also consult on scripted programming for Thinkfactory. Aaron Fishman currently oversees the R&B Divas franchise and has been named executive producer. The team will report to new Evp Adam Reed, who was promoted to the post in September.
- 10/16/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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